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<h1><a href="../cli/npm-deprecate.html">npm-deprecate</a></h1> <p>Deprecate a version of a package</p>
<h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre><code>npm deprecate &lt;pkg&gt;[@&lt;version&gt;] &lt;message&gt;</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>This command will update the npm registry entry for a package, providing
a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it.</p>
<p>It works on <a href="https://semver.npmjs.com/">version ranges</a> as well as specific 
versions, so you can do something like this:</p>
<pre><code>npm deprecate my-thing@&quot;&lt; 0.2.3&quot; &quot;critical bug fixed in v0.2.3&quot;</code></pre><p>Note that you must be the package owner to deprecate something.  See the
<code>owner</code> and <code>adduser</code> help topics.</p>
<p>To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (<code>&quot;&quot;</code>) for the <code>message</code> 
argument. Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to 
format an empty string.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
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<li><a href="../cli/npm-publish.html">npm-publish(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../misc/npm-registry.html">npm-registry(7)</a></li>
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<p id="footer">npm-deprecate &mdash; npm@6.5.0</p>

